valuation of a property

Property Valuation | as we know, Every time you try to increase your portion of your property, you’ll need a valuation on the current value. This is so you are paying the most current market rate when you buy the next portion. If you bought a Help to Buy property, when the time comes to sell it, you’ll need a valuation. The Help to Buy Equity Loan requires you to repay the 20% equity loan they provided when you bought the property. When you sell the property, you will pay back 20% of the current value.

The market value of a property is the value at which it can be sold in the open market at a particular time. On the open market: means the property is offered for sale by advertising in newspapers and all necessary steps are adopted so that every person who desires to purchase the same can make an offer. 

The owner willing and not obliged to sell might reasonably expect the price from a willing purchaser with whom he was bargaining for the sale. So, the Market value must be free from a forced value or sentimental value. It is the estimated amount for which a property should exchange on the date of valuation.

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so, we will need help from a property valuation appraisal. What is a property valuation. what is a property valuation? A property valuation is an assessment of your property’s value, based on the location, condition, and multiple other factors. Your valuation will be carried out in person by a professional surveyor who will take notes and photographs, and then send you a valuation report.

You could use this when you price your property to put it on the market if you are separating from a partner who owns part of your property, or when dealing with probate. Who carries out a property valuation?  A surveyor will carry out your valuation, as they’ll consider elements like the storage, age, size, wear and tear, and room layout in approximating an appropriate figure. They’ll also look at similar properties in the area and consider what the market is like.

Is this different from my mortgage lender’s valuation? A mortgage lender's valuation is not the same as a property valuation. Whilst the purpose of a valuation is to determine the market value of a property based on size, location, condition, and a variety of other factors, a mortgage lender's valuation is a much less in-depth assessment of the worth of the property (it will usually be 2-3 pages) and is solely for the use of the mortgage lender.

Real estate appraisal, property valuation, or land valuation is the practice of developing an opinion of the value of the real property, usually its Market Value. The need for appraisals arises from the heterogeneous nature of property as an investment class: no two properties are identical, and all properties differ from each other in their location - which is one of the most important determinants of their value. 

So there cannot exist a centralized Walrasian auction setting for the trading of property assets, as there exists for trade in corporate stock. The absence of a market-based pricing mechanism determines the need for an expert appraisal/valuation of real estate/property.